cod trap n
   1 1990 Evening Telegram 14 Jan, p. 14 I've bought the twine, knit it, made cod-traps, caught cod fish, dried it, and exported it.
   2 Attrib, comb: ~ berth, ~ crew, ~ fish: cod taken in inshore waters by the stationary 'trap', ~ fishery, ~ line: see ~ TWINE, ~ season.
   1987 POOLE 20 That morning my dad set out his leader for his cod trap berth. 1986 Evening Telegram 15 Feb, p. 9 There are 15 cod trap crews [in Bonavista] with a total of 46 fishermen. 1988 ibid 11 June, p. 3 The farms will enable undersized codtrap fish to be utilized, thus reducing the dumping of fish during glut period. 1988 ibid 24 May, p. 3 With prices for the...codtrap fishery hovering around 31 cents a pound...the job of negotiating [this year] won't be an easy one. 1989 ibid 16 May, p. 7A The rest of the equipment consisted of around 30 or 40 feet of cod trap line which had been 'barked' or tanned. 1987 POWELL 19 The cod trap season was over and now the fishing boats were using trawls and cod jiggers.

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